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Gero-Jii is a big, bumpy frog who lives on the tiny plot of land behind our apartment. He doesn't do much, rarely even moves, and I've never heard him make a sound. But he still makes my wife scream every once in awhile. In Japan, an animal that comes with the season is often considered a visitor. Gero-Jii hops along, hauling the Tsu-yu (rainy season) along behind him. Sort of like the red-breasted robin in the eastern US, but with more warts and humidity.

Umi-Bozu are Japanese O-bake, ghost or monsters that haunt the seas. They are the bane of finshermen, boat-sinkers and drowners of sailors. Bozu, incidentally, is the character for "monk"; and the creature is so-named for it's large, round head. Seeing as the Umibozu tower over ships and crew, Gero-Jii must be a particularly large specimen. It's no surprise that frogs pop up in fairy tales and ghost stories so often. There's something vaguely eerie about them, with their metamorphosis from tadpole and their living between two worlds. Or maybe it's their zen-like calm as they sit in the middle of a dark street, mulling over whether they should cross.

Strong With This One #wip.
Apparently, wood paper is a thing. I mean, of course paper made of wood isn’t new, but wood sliced so thin as to be paper seems to be. At least to me. It’s very handy for building faces, along with a pretty bronze-ish chiyogami for a shiny shadow
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So many pieces, so many cuts. #wip for a new piece in the Paper Heroes show that just opened in Israel. It's nice to get a chance to work with bright colors again. It's been awhile
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"Paper Heroes" goes live tomorrow, October 5,2017 at the old Jaffa Museum in Tel Aviv, Israel.
Paper cutting, origami, curling, paper sculpture and many more techniques have been employed by an international group of 36 artists, scattered across 3 continents, to depict or comment on their heroes or the idea of heroism.
I've got a couple pieces in the exhibition that run to the colorful, vibrant side of my art. There's even brand new work that speaks to my ideas of heroism on a couple of different levels, from the very tiny and personal to the massively galactic, from a long time ago to the immediate now.
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Ginza Gallery G2's Monochrome 12square exhibition lasts just one more day. One more chance to check out some astounding, mostly B&W artwork by a whole bunch of cool, talented creators. Myself included. In fact, you can actually see my work in these pics!
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Monochrome 12square at Ginza Gallery G2. Open now until August 15th! Drop on by to Tokyo, Chuo-ku, Ginza 1-9-8 岡野ビル 1F and check out a huge variety of amazing work by a ton of super talented folk, including myself ( though my art isn't in this photo, so you don't have to hunt for it just yet...)
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monochrome12square is open at Ginza Gallery G2 in Ginza, Tokyo until August 15, 2017. A collection of amazing work from a wide variety of artists, all ties together by the small square format and the (mostly) black and white art. I hope you can stop on by!
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